Tekashi69 skates on NYPD assault rap

Performer Tekashi69 skated on misdemeanor assault charges for squeezing an NYPD lieutenant’s hand after his lawyers got the charge reduced with a guilty plea for disorderly conduct Wednesday.

It’s the second time the “Gummo” rapper, born Daniel Hernandez, 22, had charges reduced for the incident with cops in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, last May.

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The tat-faced Bushwick native got a desk-appearance ticket on May 21 after parking illegally in front of a hydrant and showing cops a suspended driver’s license.

But before cops at the 77th Precinct let him go, they discovered he had an open arrest warrant in Texas, TMZ reported at the time. He allegedly squeezed and twisted a lieutenant’s hand — apparently so hard it caused swelling — as police were trying to take him into custody.

He was initially charged with felony assault of an officer.

With the reduced disorderly conduct charge, a judge slapped him with a $120 fine and released him Wednesday on the condition he not sue the department, not discuss the incident publicly and that he stay out of trouble for a year, according to a spokesperson from the Brooklyn DA’s office.